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S. B. HART.

GRAIN OONVEYEB. No. 411,439, Patented Sept. 24, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STACY B. HART, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE HART IVEIGHER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

GRAIN-CONVEYER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 411,439, dated September 24, 1889.

Application filed December 21, 1888- Serial No. 294,346. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STACY B. HART, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain-Conveyors, of which the following is a description.

My invention relates to that class of grain-' conveyers which are used upon grain-separators to receive the grain afterit has passed through the separator and carry it to whichever side of the machine it may be desirable to deliver it from.

The object of my invention is to provide means whereby the delivery of the grain may be changed from one side of the separator to the other without reversing the motion of the eonveyer-chain; and to this end it consists in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and clearly defined in the claims hereto annexed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a central longitudinal vertical section of aconveyer which illustrates my invention, and Fig. 2 a view of the bottom of said conveyer with the grainspouts taken away to show the grain-valves and their attachments.

In this class of conveyors it has been the practice to change the delivery of the grain from one side of the separator to the otherby reversing the motion of the conveyor-chain, thereby causing great wear and tear of the gearing, as well as constant danger of breaking the weaker portions. To remove these objectionable features I have so arranged the grain valves or outlets with reference to the opening through which the conveyor receives the grain that the motion of the conveyorchain in one direction tends to carry the incoming grain over both valves, thereby enabling me to deliver it from either by simply opening that valve and closing the other. I have also made certain additional improvein cuts, hereinafter described,whereby the 0011- veyer is made more compact and less liable to choke up.

Referring to the drawings, A is the con= veyer-tube; B, the conveyer-chain of the or dinary form and construction, running upon the sprocket wheels C 0, one of which of the tube.

is geared to some portion of the separatoi and driven thereby in the direction which will carry the lower portion of the chain in Fig. 1 from left to right. The eonveyer-tube is provided with the grain inlet or hopper a, and the two outlets a and a at opposite ends The sprocketwheel C, which is located at the end of the tube at which the grain is received, is placed beyond the outlet a, between said outlet and the end of the tube, andthe hopper a is located so as to drop the grain between said wheel C and the edge of the outlet a opposite therefrom. To do this without undesirably lengthening the conveyor-tube, I place a horizontal partition D beneath the upper half a of the chain 13, extending it from a point well to the right of the hopper a to a point slightly overhanging the outlet at, but far enough from the wheel C to leave a free passage between it and said wheel for the grain. By this means I am enabled to place the hoppernearer the center of the tube and utilize the upper portion of the chain to carry the grain delivered upon this partition to the proper place, whereby I can 7 5 place the wheel C much nearer the outlet at than would otherwise be possible and save that much in the length of the tube. The outlets a and a are fitted with suitable valves A and A for closing the same, and with suitable spouts Eand E to carry the grain away.

In operating this conveyor, the preterred form of which has been described, the grain entering through the inlet a is carried first to the outlet 0., and if this is open, as in Fig. 8 5 2, passes through into the spout E If the valve A. closes the outlet 0. as in Fig. 1, the grain passes on to the outlet a and is deliv= ered therefrom. All that remains, therefore, is to provide suitable means for opening and closing the valves A and A These valves may be of any desired form; but Iprefer the simple slide-valve A A guided in suitable grooves a and controlled by rods 'G G. (Shown in Fig. 2.) The valves are here shown as closing outward, and the valve A represented as open and valve A? as closed. In this position the grain is delivered through the outlet a. To change the delivery to the opposite end, it is necessary to close valve A we and open valve A and this can be done from either side of the separator by means of the rod G, rigidly attached to Valve A at g and bearing a lug g, which engages with a stop g upon valve A when moved from right to left. In changing the delivery back again to outlet a, however, the Valve A cannot be closed simultaneously with the opening of valve A, inasmuch as in that case the grain at the moment in transit between a and a would collect over valve A and clog the chain. For this reason the lug g is allowed a free movement from the stop g when the rod G is moved from left to right. This will of course leave both valves open. If it is desired to close Valve a after the grain in transit has passed through, it can be done by means of rod G. It is, however, of little moment whether this valve is closed or not, as no grain will be carried thereto While valve A is open.

I claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The conveyer-tube A, provided with the pulleys O C, carrying an endless conveyerchain B continuously in the direction which will move the grain upon the bottom of the tube from the pulleyC to the pulley C, said tube having the outlets to a practically at its opposite ends, but between the pulley O and the end opposite, and provided with means for closing them at will, in combination with a spout adapted to deliver grain upon the bottom of the tube between the pulley C and the opposite edge of the adjacent outlet a, as and for the purpose stated.

2. A conveyer-tube having the pulleys C 0', chain B, outlets a a valves A A the parti tion D, stopping short of the pulley C sufficient to allow the grain to drop between it and said pulley, and a spout adapted to deliver grain upon said partition, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of the conveyer-tube and the valves A A with the rod G, rigidly attached to valve A and bearing alug g engaging with a stop 9 upon valve A to open the same when valve A is closed, but disengaging from said stop when the rod G is moved in the opposite direction, as and for the purpose stated.

STACY B, HART.

In presence of FRANK HITCHCOCK, DUDLEY N. TYNG. 

